New Zealand v South Africa, Wellington

South Africa 474/9 & 189/3

New Zealand 275/9 & 200/6

Match drawn

New Zealand v South Africa 2012 · 3rd Test Basin Reserve, Wellington 23–27 Mar 2012

How hard each side found the batting

Even conditions — a fairly typical match for batting, both sides much alike.

South Africa

0.96× -4%

New Zealand

0.95× -5%

harder to scoretypicaleasier

The lead

How South Africa's lead moved across the match.

Who won it · by value

Runs, and what they were worth in these conditions

AN Petersen South Africa

195 +241

Kane Williamson New Zealand

141 +194

JP Duminy South Africa

136 +157

AB de Villiers South Africa

106 +118

MJ Guptill New Zealand

77 +80

Best bowling

Top match figures

M Morkel6/23

VD Philander6/81

MR Gillespie6/113

DW Steyn2/41

Top score

156

AN Petersen · South Africa

Biggest stand

200

3rd wkt · South Africa

Worst collapse

3–12

3 wkts for 12 · New Zealand

Match facts

TossNew Zealand, field

ResultMatch drawn

Length5 days

South Africa

474 /9 (148.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
GC Smith	c CFK van Wyk b DAJ Bracewell	5	13	0	0	38.46
AN Petersen	lbw b CS Martin	156	335	19	1	46.57
HM Amla	c CFK van Wyk b MR Gillespie	63	98	10	0	64.29
JP Duminy	c LRPL Taylor b MR Gillespie	103	186	13	0	55.38
AB de Villiers	b CS Martin	38	69	3	0	55.07
JA Rudolph	c CFK van Wyk b MR Gillespie	11	32	0	0	34.38
MV Boucher	c Kane Williamson b MR Gillespie	46	83	6	0	55.42
DW Steyn	c MJ Guptill b MR Gillespie	0	14	0	0	0.00
VD Philander	c DR Flynn b MR Gillespie	29	59	3	0	49.15
M Morkel*	not out	10	5	0	1	200.00

Extras 13 (b 6, lb 1, w 3, nb 3)

Total 474/9 (148.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
CS Martin	28.0	5	95	2	3.39
DAJ Bracewell	30.0	3	106	1	3.53
MR Gillespie	33.4	7	113	6	3.36
DL Vettori	42.0	11	98	0	2.33
DG Brownlie	2.0	0	20	0	10.00
Kane Williamson	13.0	1	35	0	2.69

Fall of wickets

1-13 (GC Smith, 5.1)·2-106 (HM Amla, 33.5)·3-306 (JP Duminy, 94.2)·4-362 (AN Petersen, 114.4)·5-381 (AB de Villiers, 118.6)·6-388 (JA Rudolph, 124.1)·7-404 (DW Steyn, 130.1)·8-459 (MV Boucher, 146.6)·9-474 (VD Philander, 148.4)

New Zealand

275 /9 (96.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
DR Flynn	c MV Boucher b VD Philander	45	117	6	1	38.46
MJ Guptill	lbw b VD Philander	59	156	6	0	37.82
BB McCullum	c MV Boucher b DW Steyn	31	56	3	0	55.36
LRPL Taylor*	not out	18	46	2	0	39.13
Kane Williamson	c MV Boucher b DW Steyn	39	92	5	0	42.39
DG Brownlie	c DW Steyn b VD Philander	29	35	5	0	82.86
DL Vettori	c JA Rudolph b VD Philander	30	35	4	0	85.71
CFK van Wyk	c Imran Tahir b M de Lange	7	14	0	0	50.00
DAJ Bracewell	b VD Philander	0	2	0	0	0.00
MR Gillespie	c AB de Villiers b VD Philander	10	16	2	0	62.50
CS Martin*	not out	2	8	0	0	25.00

Extras 5 (lb 2, w 2, nb 1)

Total 275/9 (96.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
DW Steyn	23.0	8	41	2	1.78
VD Philander	22.0	4	81	6	3.68
M Morkel	20.0	6	54	0	2.70
M de Lange	21.0	1	74	1	3.52
JP Duminy	10.0	0	23	0	2.30

Fall of wickets

1-86 (DR Flynn, 35.3)·2-136 (BB McCullum, 52.1)·3-145 (MJ Guptill, 58.2)·4-219 (DG Brownlie, 80.3)·5-242 (Kane Williamson, 87.1)·6-263 (DL Vettori, 91.2)·7-263 (DAJ Bracewell, 91.4)·8-263 (CFK van Wyk, 92.2)·9-275 (MR Gillespie, 95.6)

South Africa

189 /3 (29.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
AN Petersen	run out (DAJ Bracewell)	39	43	4	1	90.70
GC Smith	c DAJ Bracewell b DL Vettori	41	65	3	0	63.08
AB de Villiers	c Kane Williamson b DAJ Bracewell	68	49	8	1	138.78
JP Duminy*	not out	33	23	2	3	143.48

Extras 8 (lb 3, w 3, nb 2)

Total 189/3 (29.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
CS Martin	10.0	0	44	0	4.40
DAJ Bracewell	6.4	0	47	1	7.05
MR Gillespie	6.0	0	55	0	9.17
DL Vettori	7.0	1	40	1	5.71

Fall of wickets

1-77 (AN Petersen, 15.4)·2-106 (GC Smith, 21.2)·3-189 (AB de Villiers, 29.4)

New Zealand

200 /6 (80.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
MJ Guptill	c JA Rudolph b M Morkel	18	55	2	32.73
DR Flynn	c MV Boucher b M Morkel	0	7	0	0.00
BB McCullum	lbw b M Morkel	0	9	0	0.00
Kane Williamson*	not out	102	228	9	44.74
DG Brownlie	b M Morkel	15	45	3	33.33
DL Vettori	b M Morkel	0	1	0	0.00
CFK van Wyk	c & b M Morkel	39	80	5	48.75
DAJ Bracewell*	not out	20	59	4	33.90

Extras 6 (lb 6)

Total 200/6 (80.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
M Morkel	16.4	7	23	6	1.38
VD Philander	18.4	7	29	0	1.55
M de Lange	17.2	4	77	0	4.44
DW Steyn	15.0	9	14	0	0.93
JP Duminy	13.0	2	51	0	3.92

Fall of wickets

1-1 (DR Flynn, 2.2)·2-1 (BB McCullum, 4.5)·3-32 (MJ Guptill, 20.5)·4-83 (DG Brownlie, 35.5)·5-83 (DL Vettori, 35.6)·6-163 (CFK van Wyk, 61.3)